Jug

1869-1876 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of glazed red earthenware painted with red, light blue and black enamels and gilded, partly on a light red ground. Truncated cone-shaped with scrolled loop handle and projecting lip. Painted with a diaper pattern of rosettes.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Jug of glazed red earthenware painted with enamels and gilded, made by Watcombe Terra-Cotta Co., Torquay , 1869-1876.
Physical description
Jug of glazed red earthenware painted with red, light blue and black enamels and gilded, partly on a light red ground. Truncated cone-shaped with scrolled loop handle and projecting lip. Painted with a diaper pattern of rosettes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.4cm
  • Diameter: 12.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'WATCOMBE /TORQUAY' above six dashes (Maker's mark impressed on base)
  • '2106' (Painted on base)
  • Line and two dots (Decorator's mark painted on base)
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Jug
Made by Watcombe Terra-Cotta Co, Torquay , Devon, England, 1869-76
Mark: 'Watcombe Torquay' and a symbol, impressed
Earthenware with printed decoration

3740-1901 Given by Watcombe Terracotta Clay Company, formerly Jermyn Street Collection
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Given by the Watcombe Terra Cotta Clay Company. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Jervis, Simon, Victorian and Edwardian decorative art: the Handley-Read collection, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1972
Collection
Accession number
3740-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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